Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine Prinicipal Investigator Michael Satlow

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Jaffa, 4th-6th century CE. Tombstone. Funerary.

Grey marble slab, triangular shape, smoothed front and rough back; all margins are preserved.

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The script, shallowly incised, has a quite geometric form (see especially squared epsilon and sigma). Alpha has a v-shaped crossbar and right diagonal line extended upwards, similarly to lambda.

Palm branch Bottom right corner. 4th-6th century CE Coastal Plain Jaffa Necropolis close to Saknet Abu Kabîr

University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology, inv. no. C. 41684

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Initial Entry Edited Edited Added references to pictures Marked Hebrew as foreign adding period attribute to date element, with Periodo value. Inscription front side. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology Inscription back side. University of Oslo, Institute of Classical Archaeology

Ἰσα υἱοῦ Λαζαρουἱερέος ϲγιπο Εἰρήνη לעזר

(Grave/tomb of) Isa, son of Lazaros the priest, ... peace. Leazar.

Alternative suggested readings for line 2 include: <Ε>γι(πτ)ο[υ] (Vincent, Blechmann, Leclercq); <Ε>γι(πτι)ο[υ] (Klein); <Ε>γιπ(τἰ)ο(υ) (Frey). Alternative suggested readings for line 4 include: לזר (Blechmann, Klein). The letters ϹΓΙΠΟ don't make sense. Lazaros may have been owner of the tomb or dedicator of epitaph, which could explain why his name is repeated.

Ἰσα υἱοῦ Λαζαρου ἱερέος ϲγιπο Εἰρήνη לעזר

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